Combined cultivator and weed-cutter



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L. B. HOGUE.

COMBINED GULTI'VATOR AND WEED CUTTER.

No. 327,683. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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L. B. HOGUE.

COMBINED GULTIVATOR AND WEED CUTTER.

No. 327,683. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUNDY BENJAMIN HOGUE, OF CARPENTERIA, OALIFORKIA.

COMBINED CULTIVATOR AND WEED-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,683, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed January 8, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUNDY BENJAMIN HOGUE, of Oarpenteria, in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have in- Vented a new and useful Improvement in Coinbined Cultivator and XVeed-Cutter for Orchards and Farms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan view of my improvement arranged as a cultivator. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a sectional front elevation of the same,taken through the broken line a: w a: x m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line 3 3 y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a plan view o't' the improvement arranged as a weed-cutter. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a sectional front elevation of the same, taken through the broken line a z a, Fig. 4. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line 10 w 10, Fig. 4.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the cultivation of fruit-trees and plants, and promote efficiency in the operation of cultivators for such work and convenience in controlling said cultivators.

The invention relates to a combined cultivator and weedcutter constructed with wheels, axle, tongue, and braces, and a beam provided with standards and teeth connected with the axle by hinged draw-bars held in place by a cross-bar, and provided with a forked lever for raising it from the ground. The beam and its attachments are held in place when raised from the ground by a catch-bar. A long cutting-plate is secured to standards attached to the beam, which is conneted with the wheels, axle, tongue, and braces by hinged draw-bars held in place by a cross-bar, and which is provided with a forked lever for raising it from the ground, whereby weeds can be destroyed without loosening the soil, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A are the wheels, to the axle B of which is rigidly attached the tongue 0. The connection between the tongue 0 and the axle B is Serial No. 152,2?0. (No model.)

strengthened by inclined braces or hounds D, rigidly attached to the said tongue and axle. The axle is strengthened against sagging by a brace-bar, E, attached to its end parts and to the upper side of the rear end of the tongue 0, so as to serve as a truss-bar.

To the axle B are hinged, by lugs F upon the rear ends of the braces D, or by other suitable connections, the forward ends of two or more draw-bars, G, the rear parts of which are forked or made double to receive the beam H, and are secured to the upper and lower sides of the said beams by bolts I. Several holes are formed in the rear parts of the draw-bars G to receive the bolts I, so that the beam H can be readily adjusted toward or from the axle B, as may be required.

To the forward and rear sides alternately of the beam'H are secured by bolts J the upper ends of the tooth standards or shanks K, which are made with a quarter-twist at the lower side of the said beam H, so that the said upper ends will fit squarely against the sides of the said beam.

The standards K are curved forward so that their lower parts will be at an angle of about forty-five degrees with the ground. To the forward sides of the lower ends of the curved standards K are secured by bolts or rivets the cultivator-teeth L. With this construction, as the beam H is adjusted closer to or farther from the axle B the teeth L will work deeper or shallower in the ground. Vith this construction, also, the draw-bars G being hinged to the axle B, the beam H will play in the arc of a circle, and the deeper the teeth L enter the ground the more will their points incline forward, and the lighter the draft will be until the point is reached, when the points of the teeth begin to incline upward.

To the forward parts of the draw-bars G is bolted or otherwise secured a crossbar, M, to strengthen the said draw-bars in position and hold them from lateral movement.

N is a lever, which is secured to the beam H and cross-bar M, and the lower part of which is forked to strengthen the said lever against lateral strain in guiding the machine. The lever N may project to the rearward, as shown in the drawings, so as to be operated from the ground; orit may project upward and forward so as to be operated by the driver from his seat. WVith this construction, by means of the lever N, the beam H and its attachments can be readily raised from the ground for convenience in turning around and in passing from place to place.

The beam H ,when raised, is secured in place by the catch-rod O, which is hinged at its forward end to the rear part of the tongue 0, and which engages with the said beam H by the bolt that connects the lever N with the said beam or with some other suitable catch.

The beam H is made longer than the distanceapart of the wheels A, to adapt the machine to work close to trees or other obstructions, and to work beneath low hanging branches of trees.

When it is desired to destroy weeds without loosening the soil, the beam H and its attachments are detached by disconnecting at the couplings F that hinge the draw bars G to the axle B, and is replaced by the beam H and its attachments, the draw-bars G of which are made shorter than the draw-bars G, and are not adjustable upon the beam H.

To the beam H are attached four (more or less) standards K, to the lower ends of which is attached a long and narrow plate, P, to cut the weeds just beneath the surface of the ground.

The beam H and draw-bars G are provided with a crossbar, M, a lever, N, and a catchrod, 0, in the same manner as the beam H and draw-bars G.

To the rear end of the tongue 0 is attached the lower end of the standard Q, to the upper end of which is attached the drivers seat R.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the wheels, axle, and tongue A B O, and the braces D E, of the hinged draw-bars G, and the long cross-beam H, alternating standards K, and teeth L, substantial] y as herein shown and described.

2. In a combined cultivator and Weed-cutter, the combination, with the wheels A, axle B, tongue 0, and braces D E, the hinged drawbars G, and the long cross-beam H, provided with standards K, and teeth L, of the crossbar M and the forked lever N, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said draw-bars and beam will be kept in place and can be readily raised from the ground, as set forth.

LUNDY BENJAMIN HOGUE. Vitncsses:

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